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Highlights

September 20, 1984: Don goes 4-for-5 on the last day of the
season to pull ahead of teammate Dave Winfield and capture the American League
batting title. Don's 4 hit day raised his average from .339 going in to
the game to .343 at the end of the day. Winfield entered, leading the
league with a .341 clip, but his 1-for-4 performance dropped him to .340 and
runner-up status. For the record, Boston's Wade Boggs finished a distant
third with a .325 average. Donnie would also lead the league in hits with
207 and doubles with 44 and finished fifth in MVP voting.

July 18, 1987: Don smacks a home run off the Rangers' Jose Guzman to lead off the top of the 4th inning. The home run ties Dale Long
(1956) for the most consective games hitting a home run with eight. During the eight game streak,
Don hit .459 with 10 HR and 21 RBI a slugging percentage of 1.324 and an OPS of
1.812. Don was shut down in his 9th game by Texas pitchers Greg Harris and
Jeff Russell. In 1993, the Mariners' Ken Griffey, Jr. also tied the record
with 8 HR in 8 consecutive games.

September 29, 1987: Don smacks his sixth grand slam home run
of the season off Boston's Bruce Hurst in the bottom of the third. The
sixth granny sets a Major League record for most grand slams by a player in one
season. The six grand slams were the only grand slams Don hit in his
entire Major League career. In 2006, Travis Hafner of the Cleveland
Indians would also hit six grand slams in one season to tie the record.

Trivia

Don Mattingly's Consecutive Game With a HR Streak

HR

Date

Off Pitcher

Against

Inning

RBI

Where

1

7/8/1987

Mike Smithson

Minnesota Twins

1st

3

Yankee Stadium

2

7/8/1987

Juan Berenguer

Minnesota Twins

6th

1

Yankee Stadium

3

7/9/1987

Rich Dotson

Chicago White Sox

6th

1

Yankee Stadium

4

7/10/1987

Joel McKeon

Chicago White Sox

2nd

4

Yankee Stadium

5

7/11/1987

Jose DeLeon

Chicago White Sox

3rd

1

Yankee Stadium

6

7/12/1987

Jim Winn

Chicago White Sox

7th

1

Yankee Stadium

7

7/16/1987

Charlie Hough

Texas Rangers

2nd

4

Arlington Stadium

8

7/16/1987

Mitch Williams

Texas Rangers

8th

2

Arlington Stadium

9

7/17/1987

Paul Kilgus

Texas Rangers

6th

1

Arlington Stadium

10

7/18/1987

Jose Guzman

Texas Rangers

4th

1

Arlington Stadium

Don Mattingly's Record Six Grand Slams in
1987

HR

Date

Off Pitcher

Against

Inning

Final Score

Where

1

5/14/1987

Mike Mason

Texas Rangers

4th

W: 9-1

Yankee Stadium

2

6/29/1987

John Cerutti

Toronto Blue Jays

2nd

W: 15-14

Exhibition Stadium

3

7/10/1987

Joel McKeon

Chicago White Sox

2nd

W: 9-5

Yankee Stadium

4

7/16/1987

Charlie Hough

Texas Rangers

2nd

W: 12-3

Arlington Stadium

5

9/25/1987

Jose Mesa

Baltimore Orioles

2nd

W: 8-4

Memorial Stadium

6

9/29/1987

Bruce Hurst

Boston Red Sox

3rd

W: 6-0

Yankee Stadium

Memories

Tom from Suwanee, GA wrote: "I used to travel to Evansville, Indiana frequently from about 1988 - 1990. Whenever I traveled to Evansville, I would try to eat at least one dinner at Mattingly's 23, the restaurant owned by Don Mattingly. One cold, January evening (probably in 1988) Don was actually in the restaurant waiting on tables with his wife. (I believe her name is Kim, but not sure they are still married). Don was very friendly, acted just like a regular guy, and signed autographs for the group I was with. I was never a Yankee fan, but I always cheered for Mattingly and I would also stop what I was doing when he came up to bat, if the game was on TV. I wish he could have earned a World Series ring."

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